You may have used tools like <code>scp</code>, <code>rsync</code>, <code>sftp</code>, and <code>lftp</code> to transfer files over SFTP. However, you can also accomplish this with <code>curl</code>. Using <code>curl</code> has its advantages, as you won't need to implement expect-scripts to handle password prompts or manual FTP get/put commands.
Here's an example snippet that downloads a file from a secure SFTP server using custom authentication.
<pre><code class="lang-yaml">SFTP_HOST=sftp://172.18.1.100
SFTP_AUTH=user:12345678
SFTP_FILE=/data/files/$(date --date="1 day ago" +%Y%m%d)

curl -v -u $SFTP_AUTH $SFTP_HOST/$SFTP_FILE -o $SFTP_FILE 2&gt;&amp;1
</code></pre>

You may have used tools like `scp`, `rsync`, `sftp`, and `lftp` to transfer files over SFTP. However, you can also accomplish this with `curl`. Using `curl` has its advantages, as you won't need to implement expect-scripts to handle password prompts or manual FTP get/put commands.

Here's an example snippet that downloads a file from a secure SFTP server using custom authentication.

```yaml
SFTP_HOST=sftp://172.18.1.100
SFTP_AUTH=user:12345678
SFTP_FILE=/data/files/$(date --date="1 day ago" +%Y%m%d)

curl -v -u $SFTP_AUTH $SFTP_HOST/$SFTP_FILE -o $SFTP_FILE 2>&1
```

Learn to simplify SFTP file transfers using Curl. Discover the benefits over scp, rsync, and lftp with our easy-to-follow guide and example snippet

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